Hotel Temescal

Charles Wall is the last man on the right, sitting down. Corona's first large hotel, built about 1888 by A.S. Garretson. Cost about $15,000. R.B. Taylor, the leader on the founding of the colony, stands apart on the left. The hotel operated for many years by O.A. Smith, and burned down in 1899.

Charles Wall is the last man on the right, sitting down. Corona's first large hotel, built about 1888 by A.S. Garretson. Cost about $15,000. R.B. Taylor, the leader on the founding of the colony, stands apart on the left. The hotel operated for many years by O.A. Smith, and burned down in 1899.